Wardrobe.



No. 657,593. Patented Sept. Il, I9l)0`.4

D. R. DIX. E

WARDRUBE.

(Application led May 31, 1900.)

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UNITED STATESy PATENTv OFFICE.

DWIGHT R. DIX, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

WARDROBE.

SPECIFICATION formingzpart of Letters Patent No. 657,593, datedSeptember 11, 1900. A Appiieaimma my 31, 1900. sarai No. 18,610. (Nomaar To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DWIGHT R. DIx, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul,

in the county of Ramsey and State of Minne moved from place to place;and it has for its object to provide a simple and eicient constructionof this nature particularly adapted for hotel purposes and which will besimple in its manipulation to permit the application and removal ofclothing.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and :in which likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts inboth views, Figure l is aperspective View, partly` broken away, and showing the complete device.Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the wardrobe and showing parts thereofin elevation.

Referring now to the drawings, the wardrobe comprises a base portion,including the supporting-feet 5, upon which is mounted a plate 6, fromwhich extends a vertical screw 7. A disk-shaped plate 8 is disposedover,

the screw 7 and rests upon the plate 6, while a tubular, standard 9,which is interiorly threaded at its lower end, is engaged with the screw7 and is adapted to rest at times against the plate 8. This threadedengagement of the standard with the screw permits adjustment of thestandard to raise and lower it. The upper end of the standard 9 isreduced in diameter, as shown at 10, and results in the formation of ashoulder 11, upon which is rotatably disposed a disk 12, havingradially-extending arms 13, at the extremities of which are knobs 111,provided with garment-hanging hooks 15. This portion of the structureforms the rack for hanging the garment and is provided with a fabriccasing comprising a lower cylindrical portion 16,

which depends from the plane of the disk12, and an upper conical portion17, the lower edge of which encircles the upper edge of the cylindricalportion.

To support the fabric casing, a framework is provided. This frameworkincludes a ring 18, which rests upon the upper end of the standard 9 andencircles an upright rod 19,

forming an axial continuation ofthe standard. From the ring 18 extendradial arms 20, the outer ends of which lie in a plane below the ringand are connected with a ring 21, to which is attached the cylindricalportion 16 of the casing. To prevent dropping of the ring 21 andconsequent bending of the arms 20, hangers 22 arc provided and consistof straight rods, which outline a cone and are connected at their lowerends with the ring 21. These rods 22 depend from a second andsrnallerring 23, which encircles the upper end of the standard extension19 and is held against downward movement by a pin 24, passedtransversely through this extension.

The rods 22, in connection with the ring 21,

thus form a conical supporting-frame for the similar element 17 of thecasing, this conical element 17 being held in place by rings, which areattached to its inner face and which encircle the metal rod,which formsthe ring 21. The cylindrical element 16 of the fabric casing is attachedto the ring 2l by means of small rings 26, which encircle the ring 21.The portion 16 of the casing may be raised bodily when it is desiredto-place or remove a garment, or, if desired, the cylindrical portion ofthe casing may be split longitudinally.

With the above-described construction it will be seen that there isprovided a wardrobe which is simple in itself, in which the parts may bemade of extremely cheap material, and which may be readily cleansed, assometimes becomes necessary when an article of furniture ispromiscuously used.

It will of course be understood that in practice Ymodifications of thespecific construction shown may be made and that any suitable materialsand proportions may be used without departing from the spirit of thisinvention.

The disk 12,instead of resting directly upon the shoulder 11, rests upona second disk 12', which is seated upon the shoulder, as shown.`

1. A wardrobe comprising a base having a standard adjustably mountedthereon and provided with a shoulder at its upper end, a plate restingupon the shoulder and having arms provided with hooks, an axialextension of the standard having an encircling ring, arms connected withthe ring and extending IOO outwardly and downwardly, a secondringengaged with the outer ends of the arms, hangers attached to thesecond ring and connected with the extension of the standard, and afabric casing supported upon the second ring and the hangers.

2. A wardrobe comprising a base, and ai l standard mounted thereon andprovided with hooks, a frame mounted upon the standard 'y and includingupper and lower rings, radiallyextending arms connected with the lowerring, downwardly and radially extending.i

hangers connected With the upper ring, a

third ring connected with the outer ends of the armsand hangers,;aconical fabric-casing I 5 section disposed upon the hangers, and a cylindrioal fabric easing section suspended from the last-named ring.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmysignature in 2o the presence of two witnesses.

DWIGHT R. DIX.

Witnesses:

J os. A. MALONEY, EDW. STURLEY.

